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VIEWS AND FACTS 

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SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

THE MAGNET CITY 

Published by 
• THIRD NATIONAL BANK 

(."opyri^ht, by (Jhorge S. (jRavfs. All rights icsL-rvt-d 



SPRINGFIELD The City of Homes ij::^:::^:!::::::'^::^:^ 

WAY OK THE Berkshire Hills, only a short ride from New ^ ork. 
Massachusetts Boston, Al bany and other large places. 

Its Schools, the Central and Technical High, both being model Institutions 

Its Parks, tin husrist one, "Forest Park," is famous the countr)- over 

Its Beautiful Streets, fine roads, and country drives , ■ , ■ 

Its Public Library, one of the best in the country; no other city of equal size having 

c.iu MiiiMonching it in value 
Its Art Museum, containing the invaluable collection of G. Walter \ incent Smith, 

uliuli IS kiioNMi the \M>ild over 

t- \Mr»i-c Its Museum of Natural History and Science 

h A.MUL 3 j^5 Beautiful Churches an.! Hen.N..Unt Institutions 

vf\n Its Fine Theatres, which obtain the best attractions 

*^^ Its Social Life, Clubs and Organizations • x- it i i 

Its Splendid Hotels, the new million dollar "Kimball" being the finest m New hngland 
Its Numerous Lodges and Fraternal Organizations 
Its Strong Financial Institutions and Insurance Companies 
Its Newspapers m.l orh> i I'nbluations of National reputation 
Its Progressive Board of Trade . • . u 

Its Fine Railroad Facilities— ov-r 3,000 traveling men making their home here 
Its Skilled Mechanics m its m?i'y and varied lines of manufacturing 
Its Efficient Fire Department , 1, , i u n 

Its Fine Drinking Water, supp lied by its new $2,000,000 syst em from the Berkshire Mills 

Everything which makes a City Attractive for Business. Residence and Home 



The Banking Institutions 



H=s paid i„ ,„ .,„a l,„u„,, ,2,100,000 ,n dividends l..i,„. „. , 
mo„ ,h„ J600,000, .11 „, „,,!,,, „,„ el^S'Xi'Z:'"'"^ " 

consul. Us „„ an, Bani.in, B„si„,ss-N„ne is ,„„ sn.a„ ,„, „„ considera.itn '' 



The Third National Bank 

Conservative Methods 
The Directors of the Bank 



Springfield, Massachusetts 




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CooLiiv's Hotel anu Railroaf) 



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Looking Nortli "ii Main Si 



I xioN and Hampden 




Main Street near Post Offick 



on a rainy day. Moisture has no cfTcct on business in Springfield. 




Looking up Busy xMain- Street from Third National Bank towards Railroad Arch. 




Hotel Kimball, 



iALL, corner of Chestnut and Bridge Streets, the city's latest and mos 
nd one of the largest m New England, having 320 rooms, and absolutely 



ost magnificent hotel 
y fireproof. 




L'. S. I'osT OintK AND Custom Hoise. The new aJJilion makes this oiiice one of ilie most convenient 
and best lighted offices in the country. Springfield stands second in Massachusetts in business 
importance as gauged by Post Office receipts, which were 55539,923.19 the past year — -1910 — an 
INXREASE of 70% over FIVE YEARS ago. Springfield now stands third of all i\cw England cities 
while five years ago it was fifth. The Post Office force now numbers 83 clerks and 70 carriers. 



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Myrick Building, Worthington Street, home of the publications of The Phelps Publishing Company and 
Orange Judd Company, whose subscribers can be found at nearly every post office in the United States 
and Canada. 'I'his building is also headquarters for the Springfield Board of Trade and the G. & C. 
Merriam Company, publishers of Webster's New International Dictionary. This dictionary has 
been published in Springfield continuously for 67 years by the same firm. 




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rrom Albert Sieiger & Co.'s, nortli on Main Street, viewed Ironi I'iiird National Bank— "Tuh 
Bank by the Clock." 




Haynes Hotel and th 



c mammoth department store of Forbes & Wallace, •('he big store 
city by itself, employing 800 people. 




Looking North on Main Stri;kt to the Big Store of Meekins, Packard & U heat. Ihis store em- 
ploys 350 people and has eight acres of fioor space. Its business is not confined to this section 
large hotels and public buildings all over the East having been equipped by this firm 




Main Stkket Xohtm Kkom Coirt SgirARt--A "trolley pi 




Court Squarf. looki 



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' I'irst Church and County Court House, 
spot in the heart of the citv. 



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First Congregational CiiuKtu, Court Squar 
the first built in Springfield. 



Balloon Ascension From Court Square 
Extension. 



i'vNCMON STRttT W ATI.K Tou LR, with a 65-foot WiNC.lLSTKR PakK 1 IoOK AM. l.AUUHR TrUCI, 

statulpipe. 




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S|.R,N,.Yi-,LU s L_p Io-I;at, 1-i.viN,; Squaur<,n 40 ll.irsc- Power Knox Maclnncs llial fairly fly 
when there s anything doing. Springfield's fire loss in 1909 was the lowest of any city in the 
stale — ?2. 26 per capita. 




The Flying Squadr 



>N is all right but we still love our l,..nu,h,l ,„k1 „a.lh,e,a K,Kr Ulpak, 



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HAMPutN CoiNTV C'uuKT HousE as receiulv enlarged, and Hall of Records 




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I'liK .\avassi:t Cub's New and Elegant Club House, West State Street. 
and comfort, there are very few club houses its equal. 



For convenience 




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the valley. 




IIoMi Oe-fki: of Si'RixcFiEM) FiRE AN'D Marine INSURANCE CoMPANY, onc of till- oklost and best fire 
insurance companies in the counliy. 




New Building of rut; City Library, now heint- finished. The cost of this beautiful huiiaing is X^yj.ooo 
and as an example of architecture has few equals. 




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Akt Mlsel'M, Stale Street, one of tlie finest example^, ut aic!iite>.luii; ia li.t. country. Famous the 
world over for the valuable art collection of George Walter Vincent Smith. 




n iim liiiiin lift' ^'%-:' 



The Art Museum, loukiiiL' from Chcstnul Street. 





DEACON SAtlVEL CHAPIIM 

Cfc OF THt F0VNDER5 OF SPRINCFI ) 



Museum of Natural History, Library Squar 



Bronze Statue of "'I hi Pikitw" 
by St. Gaudens, given to the cit_\ b\ 
the late Cliester VV. Chapin in honor 
of Deacon Samuel Chapin, one of the 
early settlers of Springfield. Located 
in Merrick Park. 



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St. Pail's. Kirst Universalist Chirch, Corner 
State and Spring Streets. 



First Hiciii.AXD Baptist CHtRcn, Upper State Street. 



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International V. M.^C. A. Training Sch 



r . . . ""':• "here secretarieslfor Christian work 
hrst institution of tlie kind in the country. 



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lill. From the I oo'kouYn'ihi's hill ca'nb'e sce^Springfidd\l'e rhx\'/tl!e'foo't'hilil of 'theBerkshireranTthe \h''rom ran^c it.ut'l 
I iK-usands of dollars and work of years have been expended here, for the public to enjoy "without Iney and wkh 




■dial.:- foreground are the wonderful aquatic gardens with the Pecousic Biook llouiut; tlirouKh Lu il.c ( uuncLiiLur \pv, 

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SSON MosP.TAL AN,, X^RSEs' HoME H„;„ Street. Thc la„cr huildin.- «a.s, for 
of thc late D. B. Wesson, wlui endowed thc liospital. 




Cynthia Wis,,,-, Mmiimiv Hospital, Corner Myrtle and High Streets. 




'I'm; Mlrcv IIositiai., C'ARiiw Stkkkt. 




\'ii:\\s oi Tin; Sprini.hli.ij IIosfitai. and Groumjo, \ukth CHhSTNi:T Street. 




Central High School, State Street 




Technical Hic 



School, Elliot Street, where pupils are taught the useful trade 
was one of the first cities to adopt this method of education. 



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Lookinp up Mapi.k Strkkt from llie corner of State Strkkt. lownrj tin- \an Ai.i.kn Apahtmknt 
Houses and the "Chateau." 




A \ icw of beautiful MaI'I.i. Siklli lijuking liuni the cuincr uf liicii Sirlli. 




Rs Strket I''.> 
faciiiro of am 
in Sprinf-'licld. 



tANci: TO Initkt) States Armory Groinds. 
here ill 1794. Kroni ihe arsenal tower is oblair 



The ).'overnmenl heiiaii the 11 
d one of the finest views lo be 




l.iHiKiNc. Dowx Keiieral Street Ifum >m \ti Street. 




I'.MKAMI, II. nil AkMIIKV WciKK SlKll',- 



Ii.di;rm, SlKl.tT, 
are made. 



ulicic the celebrated Springfield rifles 




LR Shops Buildino of the U. S. Government where many of L'ncle Sam's big guns are 
manufactured. 




ilUX LaUN and rUL SlAll. SlKt.hT Kl.MS 




Upper State Street and St. James Apartments fmm Bcnlon Park. 




From Winciiksikk Scjiake Down Siaik Stkkkt, tlic IcaJing avenue of llie hill lJi^lrict 





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\ku Hum .\lAMiAllA.N Al-AKTMKNT HorSE on l.ONG iill.I. i(,nkint! S.iUIll In the CoNNFCCTlLll KiMK 

Showing residences of Mrs. Sarah J. Bull and C. C. Lewis. 




LoxG.MtAiiDW Street, the most 



beautiful suburb uf SpriuL'hcki, w\w 
Spriiif-'fiekl people. 




At SiMNER Avenue Entrance of I 




The Lower Entrance to Fokkm I'ahk and jiik Barney Estate at Laurel Hill. 




Mirror Lakk at tiik Main I'^ntraxcu of 1-'ori;st Park. 




Thrkk Prktty Roadways in Forest Park. 




I'he GKKKNiiorsK AT KoRKST I'ark, donated by Dwij:ht O. Cilmurt-. 




Wading Pond for Voun(;sters at Forest P, 




The Skating Pond at Korest Park, when this winter sport is at its best. Slcating can be enjoyed 

lierc without danger. 



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Laukki, IIii.i. looking towards the Connecticut river, sliowinj; the Barney Mausoi-ei'm, The Three 
Graces and "Lookout." Mountain Laurel and Rhododendrons can be seen in profusion at this 
spot in the "Rosy month of June." 




Looking from I.air):!. llii.i, towards tla- residence of E. II. Barney. 





A Bahy Hkak. Iiorii ill l-'oresl I'ark. \vcii;liing 12 ounces 
"MniluT liriiin" wclglicd 600 pounds. 



"Susii:," Tili: TiMi 



Uoi.i-, AM) IIkk Shy I-'amily, raised 
in I'orcst Park. 





Some of the- Blooded Live Sto 



CK owned by the City at I'orest Park. 




On tiik Banks ok thk Connecticut River, near the western entrance to Korest Park. 





South End Bridge and view down Connecticut River to Lonemead 



gmeadow bluffs. 




LaM>1NC. of Till Sl'lUNUl TKI.l) ^ ACllT ClI H AND SpiUNUFltLD CaXOI. CuB, wllCrC OVCT tWO luilldrcd 

yachts and canoes are owned for enjoying the beauties of the river. The Old Toll Bridge seen 
in background will, ere long, be replaced by a beautiful modern bridge. 




VaCIITIXI. llKADOrARTEHS DlRING RaCE \Vi 




A glimpse ihrougli the trees on the road to the Country Cub in West Spki\<-.fiei.d. 




North Knd Bridge across the Connecticit Ri\ er to West Springfield. 




Connecticut River from North End BridL 




\lF.\V Ol- Till- CoNNIXTICrr \ ALLEY 1' ROM MeETING HoUSt HiLL, \V EST Si'KI NGFI EI.D. TllC Mt. ToM 

and Mr. Holyoke Ranges, ten miles away. 




\iEvvof k,N,,,sIsLANu,intheConnecticutRiver,justabovetl,rr.;ir...J !.„,'.• ,t\\-,ul, „ I'',,, r -ri ■ ■ • , • 

ture but It means much to the future growth of Springfield and cnio^-nienT/.f tl,l ' ' f"" ' \"."{' V°""- ."'^'.^ '= ^ ^""P'e pic- 
the Sprmgheld Board of Trade have been workinrrfanTVears ^S nno nnl ' °'' "'[^"^''the navigation committee of 

across the river just below Kintr's Island sZvn^L^.Vr »5,ooo,ooo corporation has been formed to build a dam 

places within a radius of To miles Tlfe WinZr T t' ^^epow-er generated will furnish electricity to Springfield and other 

ers of 7-foot draught. if°te?-thle in^provement' -^li'rLd out"?n7; 1 '^ '"P™^"' ^"V^"'^^ "'^•'^^"^'''^ f-' "— 

dream" to see the steamer "Cilv of ^'J n.ti.H^l l' i out and they are not very far otf, it will be no "pire 

teamer, Lily ol Spnngfidd. making regular trips between the -Magnet City" and Long Island Sound 



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. Tom, Ma^- . A ■ _ . . ■ : i;lv, i;. I., ihc Suiiuiiil lluu^c. \ iew in corner shows electric car 

passing through rock cut. ( Ine ot the great advantages of living in any city is to have "a place 
to go to." A large share of Springfield's pleasure touring is to Mount Tom and Mount Holyokc. 
Mount Tom is 1218 feet above sea level and easily reached by trolley cars. Mount Holyoke, 984 
feet above sea level, is reached via Northampton and ferry to foot of mountain or by the new 
automobile road direct to the summit. 





\n:K OF Connecticut River anu Valley, looking towards 
Hadley from Prospect House. 



Mt. HoLYOKE, .Mass., showing inclined 
railway and Prospect House from the 
Connecticut River. 




lEW OF Connecticut River and the Ox-Bow, 
towards Easthampton from Prospect House. 



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Toast to Springfield 

l)V 1,1 >1 1 K I,. I llUKRK 



There's a Springtield in Ohio and thcrt's one in Ilhnois, 
There's another in Kentucky where the hlue grass waves in joy; 
Fven Hoosier Indiana claims a Sprinf;fiild as her own, 
While Missouri boasts her SpringlicKl and is waiting to he shown. 

I here's a Springtield in Nebraska, jmd Wisconsin also counts, 
W l)ile the Springfield, Colorado, rears its head among the mounts, 
Oregon and South Dakota do not have to seek in vain, 
Washington on tin Pacific has its Springfield; so has Maine. 

In New Jersey and New Hampshire, in Vermont and Tennessee, 
Minnesota, West Virginia, there are Springfields three and three; 
'Way down south in Alabama, Cleorgia, Ilorida, as well, 
Still we find tin nanu of Springfield, still we feel its mystic spell. 

But when people mention Springfield, none ofthe.se come to mind; 
There's another better Springfield than the others all combined, — 
^ es, a bigger, grander Springfield which in all 'ways can surpass 
1 he score of other Springfields — Here's a health to Springfield, Mass. 






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ST. AUGUSTINE 

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